--- title: "Tom Brady says, ‘NFL season like military deployment.’ Here are our 5 favorite responses." description: "Tom Brady said starting every new football season is like being deployed as a military service member. Here are our 5 favorite responses." date: "2022-10-19" modified: "2022-10-20" authors: - name: "Tessa Robinson" job_title: "Chief Emeritus, Former CIA" link: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/authors/tessarobinson/" url: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-trending/tom-brady-military-deployment/" categories: - "Entertainment" - "Sports" --- # Tom Brady says, ‘NFL season like military deployment.’ Here are our 5 favorite responses. ![tom brady]() Oh, Tom Brady. First, before we completely eviscerate you for your recent comment about [NFL]() seasons being like deployment, we want to thank you for your service. Yes, indeed, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback did compare his life of luxury to that of an E-2 eating MREs on the ground somewhere overseas. “I almost look at like a football season like you’re going away on deployment in the military, and it’s like, man, here I go again,” Tom Brady said on the October 17 episode of the Sirius XM podcast he co-hosts called “[Let’s Go!]()” Watching veterans take to social media to air their grievances was everything we'd hoped it would be. Here are our 5 favorite responses. ## 1. 'Black Hawk Down' Army Ranger Brad Thomas' response to Tom Brady ![tom brady responses]() *Brad Thomas/Instagram, via Matt Rendar* Army Ranger Brad Thomas, who served during Black Hawk Down obviously knows a thing or two about dodging bullets, which is clearly THE EXACT SAME as dodging tackles, took to Instagram to voice his opinion. The "Iraq 2003 colorized" Photoshopped version of his time in service adds a contemplative Brady, who is clearly taking a knee to reflect on the op. Thomas also added a more serious photo to his stories, calling Tom Brady's comments naive and offensive. ## 2. Jared Keller, Task & Purpose We love absolutely everything about this [side-by-side comparison]() about how football and military service are so similar. Keller walks us through everything from pay, honors and rank to family, operations, and more: ***Honors:** Tom Brady has seven Super Bowl rings. Service members can sometimes wait years to be appropriately recognized for their bravery. It took 16 years for [Air Force Tech. Sgt. John A. Chapman]() to be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for sacrificing his life to save other special operators in Afghanistan Operation Anaconda in 2002.* ***Family:** OK, so Brady actually did marry a supermodel and play Division 1 football, unlike the new E-2 that just showed up to your unit who turned down a full-ride to a Power 5 school to serve his country and whose girlfriend is totally a Canadian supermodel, which is probably a bad case of [catfishing]() anyway.* ## 3. Kyle Gunn, Marine https://twitter.com/SonOfUhGunn/status/1582401412138668033 Not much more to say about that - except it's awesome. ## 4. Nate Davis, Army https://twitter.com/ByNateDavis/status/1582475538047737856 Davis, who is an NFL writer/sub-package columnist for USA Today, served as an artillery officer in the Army. He gives Tom Brady a little bit of grace, which we guess is the adult thing to do. ## 5. Megan Harless, Army Veteran and Military Spouse Harless has gone viral with her open letter to Tom Brady, noting the real differences between deployment and football season. "Until you’ve lost that friend on the battlefield, put a buddy on the medevac chopper, felt the rattle of incoming fire on your base, and dropped to your knees thanking God as you hold your children wondering how you made it home, you do not get to compare your few months of making millions playing a game to a lifestyle that thousands choose to do. That thousands raise their hand volunteering to protect our country so you can throw a ball," she writes on Facebook. Whether you love Tom Brady or hate him, think he's an idiot or just stuck his foot in his mouth, we can all agree: NFL season and a military deployment really aren't the same thing. ## Author Tessa Robinson served as Editor in Chief for We Are The Mighty for 5.5 glorious years from January 2020 - May 2025. She spent over a decade with the federal government working in emergency management before reinventing herself as a writer courtesy of military life. Prior to WATM, Robinson served as Managing Editor for Spouse & Family at Military.com and Branded Content at Task & Purpose. She's the author of the New York Times Deployment Diary and founder of Humans on the Homefront. When she's not scrolling through social media aimlessly looking for stories, she's coaching her daughter's basketball team or playing baseball with her son. ### Author social links [LinkedIn]()